Contents Foreword v Preface vii Acknowledgments x i Chapters 1. Genesis of the Air Defense Mission 1 The United States and Air Defense: The Early Years 6 Defining the Mission 8 Development of Air Defense Doctrine and Tactics 9 Gordon P. Saville 13 2. Air Defense in World War II 21 The First Air Defense Command, 1940-1941 24 Air Defense in Wartime 36 3. Planning for Air Defense in the Postwar Era 47 Establishment of the Air Defense Command 50 Early Planning Efforts 59 The Radar Fence Plan 67 Attempts to Come to Terms with the Mission 73 Active Operations Begin 76 4. Saville Takes Charge 83 Revision of the Radar Fence Plan 87 Establishment of the Continental Air Command 95 Taking the Case to Congress 97 Fighter Aircraft for Air Defense 98 Further Organizational Changes 102 5. Broadening Dimensions: Air Defense as a Public Issue 107 The Revolt of the Admirals 108 Impact of the Soviet Atomic Bomb 111 Roles and Missions Dilemmas 115 Air Defense Forces in the Field 122 6. Continental Air Defense in the Korean War Period 129 Reorganization and the Impact of the Chinese Intervention 139 Confronting Realities 152 Status of the Fighter-Interceptor Forces 160 7. An Integrated, Efficient, Highly Potent Air Defense System 169 Next to the Real Thing 169 East River 172 The Summer Study Group 174 The Decision to Proceed 191 8. Defensive Systems Become Operational 197 SAGE: A Command and Control Network for Air Defense 197 Warning Lines 209 Other Warning Systems 217 The Air Defense Weapons Force 224 BOMARC 235 9. Organizing to Meet the Threat 241 Continental Air Defense Command: A Joint Command for Air Defense 241 North American Air Defense Command 246 10. Epilogue: Impact of a New Threat 255 Effects of the ICBM Threat on the Air Defenses 260 Aftermath: Deterioration of the Air Defenses 266 Appendices 1. Milestones in U.S. Air Defense to 1960 277 2. ADC Assigned Personnel Strength and Commanders, to 1960 286 3. ADC Commanders 287 Notes 289 Glossary 317 Bibliography 323 Index 335 Photographs Capt. Gordon P. Saville 15 General George C. Marshall 24 Maj. Gen. James E. Chaney 25 Plotting board, Watertown maneuvers, August 1940 26 Information center and Air Defense Headquarters, Watertown maneuvers 28 Filter board staffed by civilians, January 1941 31 Moored barrage balloon of the type used by the Antiaircraft Artillery Command 34 Antiaircraft artillery searchlights, circa 1940 35 Maj. Gen. Muir S. Fairchild 42 Brig. Gen. Gordon P. Saville 44 General of the Army, Henry H. Arnold 51 General Carl A. Spaatz 53 Maj. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer 55 P-61 Black Widow 60 Brig. Gen. Earle E. Partridge 66 W. Stuart Symington becomes Secretary of the Air Force 70 P-82 Twin Mustang 78 Tu-4 Bull 85 P-80 Shooting Star and B-29 Superfortress 88 AN/CPS-5 search radar 94 F-89 Scorpion 100 F-86 Sabre 101 F-102 Delta Dagger 102 General Hoyt S. Vandenberg becomes Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force 108 Lt. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead 123 F-86D Sabre 124 F-94Starfire 125 General Benjamin W. Chidlaw 149 Plexiglass plotting board, mid-1950s 151 Early computer patch panel and component parts 153 General Frederic H. Smith 154 Tu-95 Bear and Tu-16 Badger 182 General Nathan F. Twining accepting second tour as Chief of Staff 192 SAGE 64X64 magnetic core memory 198 AN/FSQ-7 radar 205 SAGE direction center, Stewart Air Force Base, New York 208 Pinetree Line 210 DEW Line module 213 DEW Line site 214 DEW Line tower 215 DEW Line post 216 Texas Tower 218 RC-121C 221 F-106A Delta Dart 228 F-101B Voodoo 232 GAR-1 Falcon 233 IM-99 BOM ARC 237 NORAD site and Cheyenne Mountain 262 NORAD COC dining room 263 SAGE post, Syracuse, New York 265 Charts Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons Assigned, December 1946-June 1954 162 Fighter-Interceptor Aircraft on Hand, December 1950- June 1954 163 ADC Day Conventional Fighters (Jet) Interceptors Possessed, 1951-1954 165 Combat-Ready Aircraft and Aircrews 225 ADC Jet All-Weather Interceptors Possessed (Century Series) 1956-1973 (as of December 31) 231 Maps Air Defense Command Long-Term Plan 64 Areas of Responsibility for Air Defense, July 1948-March 1949 89 Deployment of Air Defense Radar, June 1948 91 Deployment of ADC Lashup Radar Network, December 1950 93 Air Defense Identification Zones, 1952 134 Areas of Responsibility for Air Defense, November 1950 139 Air Force Areas of Responsibility for Air Defense, July 1951 146 Army Antiaircraft Artillery Command Subdivisions and Battalions Assigned, December 31, 1953 147 Ground Observer Corps Program, 1952 158 Fighter Forces Available for Air Defense in an Emergency, December 15, 1952 164 The DEW Line 211 Texas Tower Stations 219 Operational Interceptor Force, December 31, 1959 230 NORAD Operational Missile/Gun Force, July 1, 1959 248 NORAD Operational Interceptor Force, July 1, 1959 249 Region Configuration, End of 1983 266 Tables ADC Day Fighters (Jet) Possessed 166 Interceptor Squadrons Assigned ADC, by Type 166 Air Defense Aircraft 227 Comparison of Defense Department, Air Force, and ADC Budgets 269 Air Defense Matrix 270 Digitized by http://www.afhso.af.mil/

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